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Los Angeles has historically been one of America’s largest poker markets, but it has never hosted a WSOP Circuit event. This all changes on January 1, 2012. For twelve days, the Bicycle Casino in L.A. will ring in the new year with the first WSOP Circuit to be held in the city. “The process of [...]

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event just concluded last week, with Pius Heinz being crowned champion. For his extraordinary play, Heinz pulled in a massive $8.7 million. Hailing from Germany, a popular question has been just how much of these winnings will be taxed? According to Russ Fox of Clayton Financial and Tax, [...]

International Game Technology (IGT) has been heavily marketing its most recent interactive poker game, Texas Hold ‘Em Heads Up Poker. You may have seen their demonstration at the World Series of Poker. IGT took advantage of the thousands of poker fans in the casino, and the millions tuned in for the Main Event. John Daley, [...]

Something good has come from Netflix raising its prices: other people dropping theirs. Poker professional Jonathan Little has been inspired by the mistakes of Netflix, and has dramatically lowered the subscription fees to his online training site, FloatTheTurn.com. Formerly, the fees were $19.95 per month, accompanied by a $99.95 sign-up fee. Now, Little has dropped [...]

PokerStars has dealt its 70 Billionth Hand. As a promotion, the online poker giant offered a whopping $70,000 as part of its Mega Milestone celebration. In this celebration, PokerStars has awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars leading up to this milestone hand. The 70 billionth hand has arrived with impeccable timing as well, being dealt [...]

The November Nine was started in 2008 to build anticipation for the World Series of Poker (WSOP) final table. Fans were supposed to be worked into a frenzy, excited to see the dramatic finish to the world’s premiere poker tournament. An almost fourth month wait was planned to benefit the tournament, fans, and world wide [...]

The American online gambling and poker markets are ripe for development. Or, so say a few leading billionaire investors. The prevailing opinion in the class of billionaires is one worth listening to. And that opinion is simple: governmental regulation is coming. The U.S. online gambling market is massive, and when online gambling and poker become [...]

Titan Poker is offering online poker satellites for the Irish Open 2012, the longest running live poker event in Europe. Titan Poker will offer a Weekly Super Satellite, with winners going onto the premier Irish event. Titan Poker is a leading European poker room, and its Irish Open satellites are expected to be popular. Each [...]

Brandon Adams, a former Full Tilt Poker Red Pro, has become well-known in poker circles for putting his foot dramatically deep into his mouth. Immediately after Black Friday, Adams staunchly defended his employer. He tweeted that Full Tilt “is run by much more honorable people than PokerStars. So your money is much more likely to [...]

The Asia Poker League (APL) is PokerStars’ latest venture into the ever-expanding Asian poker market. The league gives players a chance to play daily tournaments, exclusive to the APL, against other regional opponents. The APL will distribute cash prizes and maintain a points system to rank players’ skill. Play is either free or extremely cheap, [...]